Resources & Agriculture

Production up in 2013, but coal, copper and zinc prices all dropped in the fourth quarter

The National Energy Board (NEB) has rejected a request from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a two-week extension to the February 12 deadline for submissions on participating in a public hearing on the proposed Trans Mountain expansion.

Troubled Vancouver mining firm Baja Mining (TSX:BAJ) will de-list from the Toronto Stock Exchange and join the TSX Venture Exchange.

Union leader Jim Sinclair says laying all the blame on WorkSafeBC for a failed investigation into a fatal sawmill disaster won't fix fundamental problems with how workplace safety laws are applied in British Columbia.

Vancouver-based Lignol Energy Corporation (TSX-V: LEC) is getting into business with Milio International for a joint venture in Australia.

Shares in Vancouver-based Turquoise Hill Resources (TSE:TRQ) dropped close to 8% on Thursday after the operator of the massive Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia gave little indication of progress in its negotiations with the government of the Asian nation.

Academy Award-winning director James Cameron has bought Vancouver Island’s Beaufort Vineyard and Estate Winery from founders Jeff and Susan Vandermolen for an undisclosed amount, Jeff Vandermolen told Business in Vancouver February 13.

A week after supporters of the New Prosperity mine made their case in Ottawa, opponents have travelled to the nation's capital to lobby against the proposed open-pit copper and gold mine in the Cariboo.

Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A) is blaming a big decline in commodity prices such as coal and copper for a plunge in its fourth-quarter adjusted profit compared with the year before.

Premier Christy Clark is laying the blame for a failed investigation into a fatal sawmill disaster squarely on WorkSafeBC.